Mr. YAMASHITA Yoshiki

Japanese Communist Party

Elected 1995, 2007 and 2013,
Proportional Representation

Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
（as of August 14,2018)
Committee on General Affairs
Committee on Budget
Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System
Deliberative Council on Political Ethics

Born: February 27, 1960, Kagawa Prefecture

Education: Tottori University, Faculty of Agriculture

Career: joined Osaka Kawachi Citizens' Co-op (now Osaka PalCoop) Vice-Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Committee, Democratic Youth League of Japan Vice-Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Committee, Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1995 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major posts in a political party) 2014 Head of the Secretariat, JCP 2016 Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee, JCP